Physical Education & Team Sports

Physical Education

The physical education program at Summit School is designed to develop the whole child. Daily opportunities are provided for all students to develop a healthy, active lifestyle. The curriculum is a sequential progression designed to improve skill development, foster positive self-image, enhance students' ability to interact cooperatively, and help students to make healthy life choices.

Early Childhood
The focus in this division is movement. Students learn fair play, cooperation, risk taking, and sportsmanship. The activities in this division include fitness for lifetime health, rhythm activities, gymnastics skills and movement, locomotor skills, and beginner activities.

Lower School
In the Lower School, skill development, sportsmanship, teamwork, and fitness for lifetime health are emphasized. Our program continues to build on the foundations established in the Early Childhood Division. Units in this division allow for introduction to and mastery of various activities. Student will have many opportunities to develop skills and strategies.

Upper School
In the Upper School, students who do not compete in an interscholastic sports team or after school athletic activity participate in our physical education program. Our program continues to develop from the Lower School program with a focus on skill development, sportsmanship, teamwork, and fitness for a lifetime health. Units give the students opportunities to develop skills, understand the game and/or activity, and work as teammates. Summit students develop the skills and knowledge to be healthy, active adults. They gain the fundamentals required to achieve this goal in our physical education program.

Team Sports

Team Sports are an important and integral part of a Summit School education. Each student-athlete has much to contribute and much to gain from playing sports here. In the Upper School, our student-athletes have a chance to participate and compete interscholastically on as many as three sport teams each year. The goals of interscholastic athletics are to provide opportunities for student-athletes to display positive sportsmanship, exhibit teamwork, showcase skill development, and to compete with other schools.

The Team Sports Program is committed in developing the whole child. Properly conceived, directed, and coached, interscholastic athletics provide student-athletes with experiences and lessons that cannot be duplicated in the classroom. Our program develops the physical, mental, and social skills of our student-athletes and helps them understand the true meaning of team and team cooperation. Our program also promotes a positive self-image for each student.

Participation
Summit School believes that all students should have the opportunity to join an athletic team. Each season, there will be at least one team for girls and one team for boys that will not have a roster cap. If a student does not make a team in his or her sport of choice, an opportunity is still afforded to join an interscholastic team. There are some sports where participation opportunities may limit the roster cap. It is important to the Team Sports Program to provide the student-athlete with a positive experience, and therefore, roster caps are placed on some teams during each sport season.

The Summit Team Sports Program strives to maximize the number of student-athletes participating while maintaining a quality program. Our interscholastic programs are designed to be competitive, while meeting the developmental needs of our student-athletes. Participants earn the right to play in interscholastic competition through proper attendance, work ethic, and attitude. Playing time is at the discretion of the coach, with a focus on providing each player with as much quality playing time as possible.